Several recent court cases illustrate how some states are attempting to mandate physician reporting of all underage sexual activity as instances of child abuse.

Physicians need to carefully explain the difficult medical realities of carrying a fetus with severe congenital abnormalities to term but then follow the wishes of a religious family who ask for reasonable medical care.

Physicians need to carefully explain the difficult medical realities of carrying a fetus with severe congenital abnormalities to term but then follow the wishes of a religious family who ask for reasonable medical care.

US case law protects a woman's right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment for her fetus on religious grounds.

Religious commitment supports a faith-based health clinic in its efforts to serve the poor patient population in its Chicago community.

Dialogue-based learning can help medical students recognize, acknowledge, and overcome their biases.

Instead of succumbing to the urge to portray cultural differences as a dichotomy between clashing opposites, we should endeavor to note our common humanity, acknowledge the plurality of viewpoints within a given culture, and appreciate that cultures can evolve without being untrue to themselves.

The physician’s duty extends beyond treating individual patients to reporting public health threats when they are identified.

The range of opinions on the extent to which physicians should attend to their patients’ spiritual lives and the arguments that support those opinions.